MARCID

-7-

They curled my hair and I got back to Bianca as the cut was already over."What will I be doing as your assistant?"I shrugged.

"Handle my appointments and meetings?That's all I really need from you for now.""Oh...So,easy stuff.Girl,I was an intern in my father's company and let me tell you...This is way easier."

I smiled."Glad to have you back,B.""Always,M.Always."We hugged and then the driver got us."So where are we going now?""To the hospital.First,to check on all of my wounds and bruises."

"Second?"I sighed."I need to talk to someone about what I've been through these past months,B.And that won't be anyone but a doctor with an oath to keep."

She reached for my hand."I'm sorry that I wasn't there."I held her hand back."Me too,B.Me too."

We made it to the hospital and they checked on my wounds and bruises that I covered with make up pretty well.Now came to the therapy.

"Ms.Whitlock?I was expecting Mr.Fwall?"I nodded."I told him to get me an appointment under his name."We sat down and I took off my blazer.Since they checked on my bruises...

There was no make up to hide what was underneath."Ms.Whi-"I cut him off by raising my hand."I was in a car accident just two days ago.Maybe even less than that."

"Alright.Where do you want to start?"I took a deep breath.

"It all started when I got shot by my first boyfriend.He was also the guy who...raped me.For the first time."I bit the inside of my lip."Even after he hurt me...I stuck around."

"Why?""Because he made me feel like I was nothing without him.And...I had just lost my sister.I already felt like a nobody.He...He gave me the power I craved back then."

"How long did you stick around?"I shrugged."I don't remember.I was...I was in a pretty bad shape.He didn't just rape me,doc,he hit me too.This went on for a few months until he was thrown behind bars."

"Do you think you'd have left him if he didn't go behind bars?"I shook my head."No,I don't believe I would have left him if he wasn't behind bars."

I shook my head."That's not the point.He shot me and...My nephew had to call Sorin.You must remember him.He came into your office with me."He nodded."Right.The illusion guy."

"Illusion?""He's...eligable to be considered as my patient too.I can't."I nodded."I see.Well...I don't know what happened after that but...I knew I was in a coma for a month."

His eyes widened."But I heard and felt everything.All the pain,all the speaking that happened in the room,all the touches that Sorin gave me by holding my hand or kissing me...I remember it all."

"One day,he finally told me about our kids.My kids had gone missing the day I have been shot.So,I listened to myself and tried to wake up.I don't know how I did it but I did it."

"I managed to figure out what happened as everything flashed before my eyes.I knew it was Caliban who took our kids.Caliban is my first boyfriend by the way."

"I got that part.Please...Continue."

"Alright.I uhm...I struck a deal with him.I agreed to stay with Caliban as long as he let Sorin and our kids go.Of course,he thought I didn't care about any of them.That was the only way.He needed to believe that I was there for him and not for them."

"Why though?They are your kids after all."

"Well,he has never seen me with them before.That gave me an extra bonus for him to believe I don't give two flying fucks about my kids."

"That's...Logical?I think?"

"I don't expect you to understand,doc.Believe me,I don't.Whatever.So,Caliban let them go and took me.For months,he did everything to hurt me,damage me,break me,shatter me."